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Turkish Boatman
Plies a Water Taxi
on the Golden Horn
This four-mile-long inlet of
the Bosporus forms the harbor
of Istanbul. It separates the
older section from Galata, the
mercantile area, and Beyoglu,
the newer quarter. The sickle
shaped Horn took its name
from its shape. A watery cor
nucopia, it yielded golden har
vests of fish.
"This beret-clad gentleman,"
writes Mr. Shor, "carried what
ever cargo was offered: sheep
carcasses, tourists, bolts of
cloth, fertilizer, fish, the Shors
- all with the same ready smile.
He didn't bother to sluice out
the boat between trips, but no
body seemed to mind."
@ National Geographic Society